Poaching of African rhinos has decreased since 2021, but the gains have been offset by other threats such as drought and ...

Plastic pollution, biodiversity loss, and human health are interconnected issues that require coordinated responses across ...

Global Plastics Treaty talks hit setback: more than a plastic pollution crisis, latest Chair’s Text draft sparks dismay – yet there is still hope with one day left ...

As the INC-5.2 negotiations continue toward their final scheduled date, we reiterate that, while the Chair does have the ability to propose new text as an option, it still must be in compliance with ...

July 2025, Indonesia’s Taman Wisata Perairan Laut Banda (Laut Banda MPA), a biodiversity hotspot in the heart of the Banda Sea, is taking decisive steps toward achieving the IUCN Green List Standard, ...

Ethics The IUCN WCEL Ethics Specialist Group is a global network of practitioners and scholars from across disciplines seeking to (1) highlight the ethical issues in biodiversity conservation and ...

Increasing interest in measuring, modelling and valuing ecosystem services (ES), the benefits that ecosystems provide to people, has resulted in the development of an array of ES assessment tools in ...

The second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has released a report, Global Status of Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras, that highlights new knowledge compiled by 353 experts from 115 countries ...

Gender equality and women’s empowerment are matters of fundamental human rights and prerequisites to meeting sustainable development goals around the world.

Even though naturally perfectly equipped to roam the steep mountains of Central Asia, the snow leopard is facing extinction. Around 7,500 individuals live in the wild, according to the most recent ...

The landmark legal proceedings before the ICJ could clarify what legal responsibilities States have to fight climate change.